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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by millstone on Monday September 12, 2016 @06:16AM (#12478440)
The speed of development is very fast for the first 75%, and comes to a screeching halt for the last 25%. The web stack has no good way to answer basic questions like "does the user have arrow keys" or "what is the current mouse position." That's the point that you start to layer on the "hacks on hacks" that OP references.
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Re:Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? by emodendroket on Monday September 12, 2016 @09:28AM (#12479458)
Can any system tell you that the user has arrow keys?
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